Little Egret Egretta garzetta Scientific name definitions
- Names (64)
- Subspecies (3)
Steven G. Mlodinow, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter Pyle
Version: 2.0 — Published March 29, 2024
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kleinwitreier |
| Albanian | Ҫafka e bardhë e vogël |
| Arabic | بلشون ابيض صغير |
| Armenian | Սպիտակ փոքր տառեղ |
| Asturian | Garcina blanca |
| Azerbaijani | Kiçik ağ vağ |
| Basque | Koartzatxo txikia |
| Bulgarian | Малка бяла чапла |
| Catalan | martinet blanc comú |
| Chinese | 小白鷺 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白鹭 |
| Croatian | mala bijela čaplja |
| Czech | volavka stříbřitá |
| Danish | Silkehejre |
| Dutch | Kleine Zilverreiger |
| English | Little Egret |
| English (Kenya) | Little/Dimorphic Egret |
| English (Philippines) | Little Egret |
| English (United States) | Little Egret |
| Faroese | Silkihegri |
| Finnish | silkkihaikara |
| French | Aigrette garzette |
| French (France) | Aigrette garzette |
| Galician | Garzota común |
| German | Seidenreiher |
| Greek | Λευκοτσικνιάς |
| Gujarati | નાનો ધોળો બગલો |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Ti Krabye etranje |
| Hebrew | לבנית קטנה |
| Hindi | कर्छिया बगुला |
| Hungarian | Kis kócsag |
| Icelandic | Bjarthegri |
| Indonesian | Kuntul kecil |
| Italian | Garzetta |
| Japanese | コサギ |
| Kannada | ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಬೆಳ್ಳಕ್ಕಿ |
| Korean | 쇠백로 |
| Latvian | Zīda gārnis |
| Lithuanian | Mažasis baltasis garnys |
| Malayalam | ചിന്നമുണ്ടി |
| Marathi | छोटा बगळा |
| Mongolian | Хурган дэглий |
| Norwegian | silkehegre |
| Odia | ତରକା ବଗ |
| Persian | اگرت کوچک |
| Polish | czapla nadobna |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Garça-branca-pequena |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | garça-pequena-europeia |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garça-branca-pequena |
| Punjabi (India) | ਨਿੱਕਾ ਬਗਲਾ |
| Romanian | Egretă mică |
| Russian | Малая белая цапля |
| Serbian | Mala bela čaplja |
| Slovak | beluša malá |
| Slovenian | Mala bela čaplja |
| Spanish | Garceta Común |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Garza Chiquita |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Garceta Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Garceta común |
| Swedish | silkeshäger |
| Telugu | చిన్న తెల్ల కొంగ |
| Thai | นกยางเปีย |
| Turkish | Küçük Ak Balıkçıl |
| Ukrainian | Чепура мала |
Revision Notes
Steven G. Mlodinow revised the account. Claire Walter contributed to the Similar Species section, Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page, and Guy Kirwan contributed to the Systematics page. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media. JoAnn Hackos, Miriam Kowarski, Robin K. Murie, Daphne R. Walmer, and Claire Walter copy edited the account and references. Tammy Zhang generated the map.
Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Ardea Garzetta
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.237.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Oriente,' ex Brisson.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- EGRETTA
- egretta
- garzetta
- Garzetta
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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